Creator / Leonard Whiting

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Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950) is a British actor and singer.

He is perhaps best known for playing Romeo in 1968's Romeo and Juliet alongside Olivia Hussey as Juliet.

He was married to Cathee Dahmen, currently married to Lynn Presser and has two children.

Filmography

• 1965: The Legend Of Young Dick Turpin as Jimmy the Dip
• 1966: The Magical World Of Disney as Jimmy the Dip
• 1968: Romeo and Juliet (1968) as Romeo
• 1969: The Royal Hunt Of The Sun as Young Martin
• 1969: Infanzia Vocazione E Prime Esperienze Di Giacomo Casanova Veneziano as Giacomo Casanova
• 1971: Say Hello To Yesterday as Boy
• 1972: War Is Hell as Franz Keller
• 1973: Love Story as Nicholas Miller
• 1973: Frankenstein: The True Story as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
• 1975: Rachels Man as Jacob
• 1990-1995: The Dreamstone as Urpgor
• 2015: Social Suicide as Julia's Father

Tropes:

• The Cast Show Off:invoked He was originally going to sing "What Is a Youth?" in Romeo & Juliet, but instead a Capulet performer called Leonardo is given that moment. Leonard did later record another version that was released.
• Casting Gag: In Social Suicide, he and Olivia Hussey play Julia's parents as a nod to their most famous roles. It was even Olivia's idea to get Leonard for the part, as she was trying to get her daughter cast in the film.
• Celebrity Resemblance: Many have noted how in his younger days he looked nearly identical to Zac Efron.
• Friendship on the Set:invoked Although he and Olivia Hussey dated briefly, they soon realised they were Better as Friends and remained lifelong friends.
• He Also Did: He performed lead vocals on "The Raven", by the Alan Parsons Project for a compilation album Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
• Mr. Fanservice: Olivia Hussey describes him filming the famous nude scene in Romeo & Juliet "strutting around the set, not caring if the whole world got a look at his bum."
• The Other Darrin:invoked He voiced Urpgor for three seasons of The Dreamstone, but was replaced with Colin Marsh for the fourth.
• Playing Against Type:invoked Romeo was actually this for him. He had been used to playing plucky children like Dodger in Oliver! and Jimmy in The Legend Of The Young Dick Turpin.
• Vocal Evolution: He describes spending his childhood and teen years speaking with a cockney accent and being sent to extensive vocal training to get rid of it when cast in Romeo & Juliet.